France has been plunged into political crisis after a no-confidence vote brought down the government, ending the beleaguered minority coalition of the rightwing prime minister Michel Barnier after only three months.
MONITORING (SW) – Amnesty International accused Israel of “committing genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza since the start of the bombardment last year, saying its new report was a “wake-up call” for the international community.
South Korea’s main opposition party has announced it will initiate impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol unless he immediately resigns, after he declared and then rescinded martial law.
Israeli military strikes killed at least 14 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, most of them in the town of Beit Lahiya on the northern edge, medics said, as the army issued new evacuation orders in the south of the tiny enclave.
President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office for a second term there will be “HELL TO PAY.”
US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100% tariffs on a bloc of nine nations if they were to create a rival currency to the US dollar.
Opposition forces in Syria, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have advanced into government-controlled areas since Wednesday of last week, capturing Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city.
Rebel forces have launched the largest offensive against the Syrian government in years taking control of “large parts” of the country’s second-biggest city, Aleppo.
China believes it has found the world’s biggest gold deposit, with reserves estimated to be worth more than $80 billion.
At least two children and a woman were crushed to death as a crowd of Palestinians pushed to get bread at a bakery in the Gaza Strip amid a worsening food crisis in the war-ravaged territory, medical officials said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised US President-elect Donald Trump as an “intelligent and experienced” politician capable of finding “solutions,” as tensions between Moscow and the West ramp up over the war in Ukraine.
MONITORING (SW) – Australia’s world-first legislation has passed the parliament with bipartisan support, which means children and teenagers will be banned from using social media.
